MAY AGNES (MAMIE) REYNAL (18881030)
May Agnes Reynal, known as "Mamie" throughout her life, was born on August 10, 1888 at Forney, Texas, the daughter of Thomas J. Reynal and Louise Werner Reynal. She was baptized on October 30, 1888 at St. John Catholic Church, Terrell, Texas, with her aunt, Annie Werner, as sponsor. Mamie attended school in Forney at the private Lewis Academy and also at the private North Forney Public School. She also attended school in Terrell after the family moved there in 1900. Fourteen years of age when the Reynal family moved to Talty in 1902, she then attended St. Martin Academy with the other Reynal children. She was married to Claude T. Lee at St. Martin Catholic Church at Talty on May 12, 1912 at the age of 24. She later divorced Claude T. Lee and worked in Dallas for many years, taking care of her daughter Gloria Eliose Lee. During this period Gloria Eliose lived for periods of time with her aunt and uncle, Dennis and Virgie Layden. May Agnes, or Mamie to everyone, was disabled by arthritis around 1940, and spent the last thirty years of her life in a wheelchair. Her disability did not keep her from having a smile on her face, the bright spot in her life that everyone associated her with. She lived in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas, on Beckley Street, with her daughter Gloria and husband, Jack Barr. Barr was a contractor in Dallas and also ran for mayor of Dallas around 1950, unsuccessful in his bid for the office. Mamie later lived in Mesquite with her daughter, after her marriage to a Mr. Pounds. She was living at her daughter's home southeast of Mesquite when she died in a Dallas hospital on October 30, 1969, at the age of 81 years. She is buried in the Laurel Oaks Cemetery in Mesquite, Texas. Jump up to parent
THE CHILDREN OF MAY AGNES (MARIE) REYNAL (18881030) AND CLAUDE T. LEE
(LE19XX00) GLORIA ELOISE LEE, b. date and place unknown, m/l Hubert Jack Barr, date and place unknown, m/2 ??? Pounds, date and place unknown, d. 1969 in Mesquite, Texas, bu. Laurel Oaks Cemetery, Mesquite, Texas. Jump down to biography and offspring